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Trudzinski, Franziska C.
Alqudrah, Mohamad
Omlor, Albert
Zewinger, Stephen
Fliser, Danilo
Speer, Timotheus
Seiler, Frederik
Biertz, Frank
Koch, Armin
Vogelmeier, Claus
Welte, Tobias
Watz, Henrik
Waschki, Benjamin
Fähndrich, Sebastian
Jörres, Rudolf
Bals, Robert
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GI0881, 01GI0882)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2018
Accepted: 20 June 2019
First Online: 12 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The COSYCONET study has been approved by the ethics committee of the medical faculty of the Philipps-Universität Marburg, the local ethics committees of the participating centers (a list of all participating study centers can be found here: ) and by the concerned data security authority (data security agency of the federal states of Hessen, Baden-Württemberg, Lower-Saxony, and Saarland).
: All cohort participants gave their written informed consent and agreed to the scientific evaluation and publication of the collected data.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.